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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0cf1DRmhcY

the best lyrics are ones that, in a certain mood and from a certain angle, will seem bad. you have to risk embarrassment to write poetry. this doesn't mean bad poetry is good. it does not mean that. it just means that good poetry will always seem bad to some people all the time, and all people some of the time.

i personally would draw a large distinction between the ideas of "good lyrics" and "good lyrics for a T Rex song"

"Cosmic Dancer" is probably not the former but definitely the latter

fucking loathe jane's addiction and every single thing they ever did

*especially* 'jane says'

'perry farrell' is a pretty good stage name tho

... I just now got it...

sub custos chili peppers at best

wait what is the pun with Perry Farrell?

...it's a terrible pun, you can only see it out the side of your vision...

xpost I like that, I like T Rex in general, I just think most things about T Rex have a certain magic that that makes them feel like T Rex and not necessarily something that would work outside of that context, it's not a diss

haha oh God thanks slowsquatch

xpost ums that makes sense, i was mostly being cheeky tbh.

"build me up buttercup" sucks. "apples, peaches, pumpkin pie" also sucks. also "drift away" by dobie gray. also, stupid david essex and his stupid "rock on". i wish i could officially retire them from every oldies roster on AM and FM radio. some of those chestnuts gotta go. its enough already.

“build me up buttercup” is awful, the music makes me think of xenobites in hellraiser who can’t distinguish between pleasure and pain

worst of all

otm re drift away, i feel like i'll get called before HUAC by saying this but i hate it.

I better not hear any "Don't Pull Your Love" by Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds hate itt

"Drift Away" sucks.

used to hate it due to some terrible omnipresent cover that leaked all over Bay Area radio in the 90s, became more fond when I heard the Stonea cover.

Stones

for me a road trip to hell would feature a soundtrack of life is a highway, fly away, and drift away.

the best thing about "don't pull your love" is the b-side on the 45!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJFr1blKj88

I like this David Essex disco-y song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WycrrTeYp94

Sorry for 3 posts in a row

xpost - wow "Funk-n-Wagnal" is hott stuff I need to investigate the Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds cinematic universe further

Bill Withers's "daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" over and over always annoyed the hell out of me

Despite having a few great songs, Here Comes The Warm Jets (album) is pretty skip-friendly, the weakest of the 1970s "vocal" albums.

It's my least favorite too (the others are A or A+'s).

Yep, same.

disgusting savages, the lot of you <3

yeah i disagree -- it's Blank Frank's 50th bday today!!

the messenger of your doom and your destruction!

here come the warm jets rules!! classic album cover too

Oh what a burden to be so relied on

tempted to go through every Eno album track by track and do the >>> thing just to show how much HCTWJ rules but yes I do know what thread this is

i.e. Needles = No One Receiving > Burning Airlines > Sky Saw

"sorry this is just how I feel"

Eno 70's vocal album opening tracks

take your time, she's only burning

lol @ sleeve <3

warm jets is just...jesus, its perfect. from beginning to end. so listenable as an album too. i wouldn't skip a thing.

here come the hot takes!!!!

i love “Drift Away” it’s such a man song

Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul

lol i googled 'drift away' and it looks like my most hated artist of all time uncle kracker covered it

I'm sure that's where I first heard it and then never stopped hearing it for years, everywhere

problem I have with “drift away” is that it reminds of the “play some funky Dixieland” part of that doobie brothers song “black water”

ugh that is so much worse

take me by the hand pretty mama

I was in the dentist chair for three hours this morning and halfway through “Drift Away” played and I thought “this is the blandest rock standard ever.” I’ve heard it my entire life and never wondered who sang it, even though I can sing along to the whole thing.

Phil Collins twice, Fleetwood Mac twice, the Cars, Pat Benetar also twice. “Stayin Alive” sounded good until the dentist followed the falsetto for a bar or two.

i hear Black Water and wonder how it mighta been improved if McDonald was in the band then and sang it

Lean on Me >>>> Drift Away

What a Fool Believes>>>>Lean on Me